#25 Holy Cross Downs Georgetown 20-7 In Season Opener

WORCESTER, Mass. - Senior quarterback Dominic Randolph (Amelia,
Ohio) completed 36 of 56 passes for 414 yards and two touchdowns,
to lead the 25th-ranked Holy Cross football team to a 20-7 victory
over Georgetown at Fitton Field. Both of Randolph's touchdown
passes came in the fourth quarter, as the Crusaders rallied from a
7-6 deficit to claim the victory. During the contest, Randolph
became the first player in school or Patriot League history to pass
the 10,000-yard mark in career passing yards, as he has now thrown
for 10,093 yards in his collegiate career. Holy Cross opens the
season at 1-0 overall and 1-0 in the Patriot League, while the
Hoyas are now 0-1 overall and 0-1 in the conference.

The Crusader defense had an outstanding day, limiting Georgetown
to just 169 total yards and seven points in the game. Senior
linebacker Sean Lamkin (Jenks, Okla.) led the way with seven
tackles, an interception and a tackle for loss.

Georgetown began the game by taking the opening kickoff and
marching 65 yards in 12 plays to take a 7-0 lead. Keerome Lawrence
scored the touchdown on a 33-yard pass from James Brady, converting
on a fourth-and-five play. But that would be all the offense the
Hoyas could muster all day, as they would go on to gain just 104
more yards and never cross the Holy Cross 40-yard line again.

The Crusaders began chipping away later in the first quarter
with a 22-yard field goal by junior placekicker Rob Dornfried
(Berlin, Conn.), which was set up when junior linebacker Perry
Townsend (Frankford, Del.) blocked a punt. Neither team scored in
the second quarter, then Dornfried added a 19-yard field goal
midway through the third quarter to make the score 7-6.

Holy Cross finally claimed its first lead of the game at the
14:21-mark of the fourth quarter, when Randolph hit senior tight
end Paul Nielsen (Center Line, Mich.) with an 18-yard scoring pass.
Randolph then found senior wide receiver Bill Edger (Hainesport,
N.J.) from seven yards out with 6:52 remaining to conclude the
scoring.